SOCIOL 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Structural Functionalism, Social Forces, Critical Race Theory
12 Mar 2019
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Chapter 2: theories in the sociology of education. Only looking at society as a whole. Middle range theory: different pockets of life. The control of larger social forces on how life is lived. The initiative and action taken be the individual to rule their own life. Ex. bringing oneself out of poverty, challenging the justice system. Objective: idea that the reality we experience is all the same (all interpret and feel things in the same way) Positivist: people that think the social world should be studied the same way we study hard science (very stats orientated) Interpretivist: think you need special techniques to understand experiences of people (tend to be more qualitative) Micro tend to favour agency, subjective reality and are interpretivists. Macro tend to favour structure, believe in an objective reality, favour the use of positivism. Famously known for his work on suicide, religion, division of labour, alienation.
